Shovels, Pulaskis and Men

Metadata

Title

Created Date

1966

Description

Training film used by California wildland firefighters in similar open terrain and fuels. Designed for fire wardens, rangers or other personnel with responsibility for small crew organization and training. Demonstrations of training sessions for hot-spotting, line strengthening and mop-up are shown on charts and then on actual fire. Accurate depiction of the tools, methods and techniques found to be effective in wildland firefighting prior to the widespread availability of aircraft and other modern tools. Produced by USFS R4.

Creators and Contributors

Creator: United States. Forest Service

Subject Topic

Wildfires
Fire engines and equipment
Firefighters

Genre

Educational Films

Media Type

Moving Image

Format

16mm film

Extent

1 Reel

Generation

Base Type

Acetate

Color or Black and White

Color

Track Standard

Film

Sound or Silent

Sound

Public domain. No restrictions on use

Country of Creation

United States

Contributing Organization

Cal Fire Museum

Internet Archive (External)

https://archive.org/details/casbcfm_000045

Duration

0:27:38